Microwave Cooking Techniques

Dish Size

Follow the dish sizes given in the recipes, as these affect the cooking times. A quantity of food spread in a bigger dish cooks more quickly.

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Quantity	Density
Small quantities cook faster than	Porous airy foods heat quicker than
large quantities, also small meals will	dense heavy foods.
reheat quicker than large portions.

Standing Time

Dense foods e.g. meat, jacket potatoes and cakes, require STANDING TIME (inside or outside of the oven) after cooking, to allow heat to finish conducting to cook the centre completely.

Meat Joints

Stand 15 mins. wrapped in tin foil.

Jacket Potatoes

Stand 10 mins. wrapped in tin foil.

Light Cakes

Stand 5 mins. before removing from dish.

Rich dense Cakes

Stand 15-20 mins.

If food is not cooked after STANDING TIME, return to oven and cook for additional time.

Fish

Stand 2-5 mins.

Egg Dishes

Stand 2-3 mins.

Precooked Convenience Food

Stand for 5 mins.

Plated Meals

Stand for 2-5 mins.

Vegetables

Boiled potatoes benefit from standing 1-2 mins., however most other types can be served immediately.

Cling Film

Cling film helps keep the food moist and the trapped steam assists in speeding up cooking times. However, it should be pierced before cooking, to allow excess steam to escape. Always take care when removing cling film from a dish as the build-up of steam will be very hot. Always purchase cling film that states on the packet “suitable for microwave cooking” and use as a covering only. Do not line dishes with cling film.

Moisture Content

Many fresh foods e.g. vegetables and fruit, vary in their moisture content throughout the season- jacket potatoes are a particular example of this. For this reason cooking times may have to be adjusted throughout the year. Dry ingredients e.g. rice, pasta, can dry out further during storage and cooking times may differ from ingredients freshly purchased.

Piercing

The skin or membrane on some foods will cause steam to build up during cooking. These foods must be pierced or a strip of skin should be peeled before cooking to allow the steam to escape. Eggs, potatoes, apples, sausages etc, will all need to be pierced before cooking. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO BOIL EGGS IN THEIR SHELLS.

Arabic Operating Instructions

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